Consisting of demos, outtakes and radio broadcast recordings from 1988 to 1991,
Incesticide was originally released in 1992. Though the album was not heavily
promoted, it still debuted at number 51, climbing to 39, in the Billboard 200
and sold 500,000 copies in only a couple of months.

Nirvana popularized punk, post-punk, and indie rock, unintentionally bringing it
into the American mainstream like no other band to date. While Nirvana's
ideology was indie rock and their melodies were pop, the sonic rush of their
records and live shows merged the post-industrial white noise with heavy metal
grind. And that's what made the group an unprecedented multi-platinum sensation.

"Despite the early origins of much of this material, despite the demo nature
and despite the various venues, including radio stations and TV and radio
commercial studios, the sound is mostly remarkable, in great part because the
bands focus and authority was so. Credit Cobain for it. He was a true group
leader." - Michael Fremer